Dipendra: Sincere gratitude to you, DFI and everyone who have put in tremendous effort to make accessible digital library a reality.
Is there a possibility of a live webcast or video recording fir this historic milestone event? Many thanks, Vasu Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula | @csrinivasu Sent from my iPhone > On 18-Aug-2016, at 22:56, Dipendra Manocha <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear all > > The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities > [DEPwD] has conceptualized the "Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat > Abhiyan)" as a nationwide flagship campaign for achieving universal > accessibility for persons with disabilities. The campaign was launched by > the Hon'ble Prime Minister on December 3, 2015, on the occasion of the > International Day of Persons with Disabilities. > 2. Persons with blindness or low vision have been suffering > from book famine. Latest developments and the digital technology revolution > have a potential of providing a solution to his problem. Persons who cannot > read normal Print, need books in Braille, accessible e-text or audio format. > To produce books in any of these formats, we need the master digital book. > The digital books are also for mainstream printing and for projects such as > e-basta or e-patshala. To work towards achieving an "Accessible Digital > India", a digitally accessible library is being launched by the DEPwD in > collaboration with the DAISY Forum of India which would enable content to be > made available to persons with print disabilities. This library is created > to have accessible digital files of books and access to this library will be > provided only to persons with print disabilities. The Sugamya Pustakalaya is > also going to act as a central repository of digital books for all Braille > presses. Universities, Education Boards, and various other stakeholders will > be able to provide books and content to students in accessible formats > through this portal. > 3. It gives me great pleasure to invite you to the official > launch of "Sugamya Pustakalaya" on 24th August 2016 at Hall No. 6, Vigyan > Bhawan, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi which will be inaugurated by Shri Ravi > Shankar Prasad, Hon'ble Minister for Electronics & Information Technology, > Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Hon'ble Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment > and Shri Prakash Javadekar, Hon'ble Minister for Human Resource Development. > Also present at the event as special guests will be Dr. Mahesh Sharma, > Hon'ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture & Tourism and > Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar, Hon'ble Minister of State, Social Justice & > Empowerment. Before the inaugural function, there will be a panel discussion > on the subject of "Accessible Digital India". I request you to spare your > valuable time and join us in this endeavor to make India inclusive and > accessible. The event will begin from 11:30 with Registration, panel > discussion from 12 to 1 and launch of the Sugamya Pustakalaya by the > Honorable ministers at 1 PM followed by lunch. > 4. If you are in Delhi and are interested to attend the event, then > kindly confirm your participation at an early date by telephone/email at > Tel. 011- 24369069 or email: [email protected] > > Thanks > Dipendra > > > > > > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
